Portuguese Research Institutions in History

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1 José Luís Cardoso Technical University of Lisbon Luís Adão da Fonseca University of Porto The growth in historical research in Portugal over the last two decades is largely due to the conditions provided by public agencies and private bodies with direct responsibility for the funding of projects, programmes and research institutes. A number of successful commercial initiatives that have involved the publication of history books and series, as well as some praiseworthy actions on the part of independent authors who have taken the risk of venturing into a relatively underdeveloped publishing market, should not allow us to overlook the crucial role played by university institutes that have supported two fundamental types of research projects. On the one hand, they have supported projects leading to the award of academic degrees or to advancement in the researcher s university career; on the other hand, there have been projects integrated into pluriannual research programmes that have included agreements for the presentation and publication of results. Amongst the direct funders of the historical research undertaken by these university institutes, one should naturally highlight the role played by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia FCT), which is a public agency belonging to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The funding guaranteed by the FCT results from funds allocated in the Portuguese state budget and from European funds and programmes designed to support scientific and technological development. The research institutes currently accredited by the FCT in the field of history and archaeology are presented in an appendix. The aim of this presentation is merely to furnish the bare details about these units, providing those who are interested with the necessary information for establishing further contacts. This appendix lists the research units that have applied in good time for pluriannual funding designed to consolidate their conditions for carrying out research projects. Although this list does not include all the institutes that support research projects in the field of History and Archaeology, we can safely consider them to be amongst the best equipped to provide a sound platform for promoting and undertaking research projects both at the present moment and in the near future. In the period from 2000 to 2002, the overall funding given to these units was roughly 2,650,000 euros. The amount allocated to each unit depends on the qualitative classification awarded by an assessment panel that periodically analyses the results of their activity. Further information about these units can be found at: Besides this form of structural funding, the research units also benefit from funding that is given to specific research projects, selected after an open request for applications in which the merits of the respective projects are assessed in the light of their aims and expected results. The following table indicates the evolution in both the number of accepted research projects and the amount of funding. e-jph,vol. 1, number 2, Winter 2003

2 Year of application # projects approved Total funding ( ) 1992/ , , , , , ,00 This table shows a considerable increase in 2000, which was not sustained in the following year. Over the period in question, the amount of funding granted corresponds to circa 20-25% of the total amount requested by the applicants. For more information about projects in progress and a general listing of the projects undertaken in the field of historical and archaeological research since 1995, consult the following site: Another important indicator of the successful creation of conditions favouring a continued growth in research is the number of awards made by the FCT, not only for master s degrees, doctorates or post-doctorate research, but also for temporary recruitments made under the scope of projects undertaken by research units. In the area of History and Archaeology, 403 individual awards have been made over the last ten years, with roughly half of these being awarded for Ph.D. theses. Further information can be obtained at: By way of an overall appreciation of the quantitative data gathered together here, it should be stressed that the incentives provided in both individual and institutional terms have been decisive for ensuring the sustained development of research in History. The results of such incentives are visible in the growing number of publications made in the form of books, conference proceedings and articles in national journals. A less visible reflection of the usefulness of these incentives can be found in the increased number of publications in international journals, as is proved by the statistical data analysed in Rui Santos brief comment on the internationalisation of Portuguese historiography. Such limitations may, however, be overcome, provided that the research institutes are better and more systematically assessed on the basis of their performance, and also by virtue of their highly desirable and greater involvement in international networks of excellence. Appendix List of Portuguese Research Units in History and Archaeology Centro de História da Cultura da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Director: José Esteves Pereira Keywords: Culture; Politics; Society; Religion URL: address: CEPESE - Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade Director: Fernando Alberto Pereira de Sousa Keywords: Population; Society; Economy; Education URL: address: Centro Interuniversitário de História da Espiritualidade Director: José Adriano Moreira de Freitas Carvalho Keywords: Spirituality; Religious History; Literary History e-jph,vol. 1, number 2, Winter

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